We Went Behind-the-Scenes at Cougar Town In Time For Tonight's Season Premiere! Exclusive Pics

The night you've all been waiting for has finally arrived because Jules & Co. are back for the season premiere of Cougar Town, and yours truly was given a behind-the-scenes set visit with the cast!

Before we get to my interviews with the cast (and for the record, what a cast--hilarious, tight-knight, and so welcoming), I got to snoop around the set and take pics of everything from Jules' pool to the photoshopped pics on the refrigerator. Get ready for some clever and witty I-can't-believe-they-said-that Q&A below!

The hottest executive producer ever sits here!

Jules' living room--the perfect beach house!

Where all the drinking happens! Jules' kitchen.

Look closely! I'll be interested in seeing if this stays in the actual show!

These guys should seriously go on the road together. They have a witty banter that had me in stitches most of the interview. In fact, they probably could have done the interview themselves. A few years ago, Ian guest-starred on a couple episodes of Campus Ladies with me, and all anyone could talk about was how Javier (Felicity) was coming on the show! So, without further ado. . .

Brian Van Holt: That's the reason I was so excited about working with Ian. Javier! [starts mimicking Javier's gestures]Ian Gomez: [laughs]Glamour: Brian, I heard that you went to UCLA and majored in Sociology. That's impressive!Brian: Oh, thank you! I don’t remember a thing, but [laughs] . . . Glamour: Ian, did you know any of this, or are you just finding it out?Ian: No, this is all brand new!Glamour: So, Brian, can you analyze Ian?Brian: Not going to even try. Are you kidding me? How much time do you have? There’s a lot going on up there [in his head]. He’s a very kind, and funny human being and I love him.Ian: I need alcohol.Glamour: So last season we saw you guys having quite a bromance in Hawaii. What’s going on this season with your characters?Brian: Well, we’re going to take it to the next level. I’m going to commit myself to Andy.Brian: Our love for each other gets much softer, more gentler. Ian: It gets lubricated. But then we have other things going on. [laughs]Brian: Quit doing that dude. You said lubricate. It makes me nervous. Glamour: See, it’s Brian’s sociology degree coming out! Analyzing!Ian: I’m getting very Freudian with my hand gestures. Meanwhile, our sons need our attention this season, so we kind of have to put our bromance slightly on hold. We have Travis going through something, as is my son, Stan, on the show. Glamour: Ok, let’s play some trivia! Who among the cast has the most on-set bloopers?Brian: I’ll say Courteney [Cox].Ian: Yeah, Courteney. She can hardly get through a line without cursing. Brian: [laughs] She has the most scenes, the most workload. That lends itself to some good comedy. Ian: Ummhmmm. I can’t talk very well, I have problems.Brian: That’s for both of us. We both have speech impediments. We tend to mumble our words. Especially after drinking our grape juice. (Editor's Note: So that's what they're drinking!)Glamour: Ok, since you guys premiere on Valentine’s Day, let’s fill in the blank. Valentine’s Day to me, is ______.Brian: Lubrication.Ian: An opportunity to tell the one you love how much you love them. Glamour: Aww, Nia [Vardalos, Ian’s wife] is so lucky!Brian: Can you ask me the question again?Glamour: Valentine’s Day is _______.Brian: The premiere of the 3rd season of Cougar Town, so watch it!Ian: I want another shot at it then.Glamour: Ok, Ian. Valentine’s Day is ______.Ian: Lubrication.Brian: [laughs]

I am so obsessed with Friends that I had to remind myself this was not the set of Central Perk. If it was up to me, we would have talked Monica and Chandler the whole time (and because Courteney Cox is so awesome and easy-going, I know she would have). But Courteney and Josh have such chemistry, you forget Monica and Chandler the minute they start interacting. Besides, Jules and Grayson have a wedding to plan!

Glamour: First of all, Josh, congrats to your Kentucky Wildcats. Number 1 in the polls this morning!Josh Hopkins: Wow! Best interview already!Glamour: We aim to please! Ok, so this season your characters get engaged. Tell me about the relationship—are you excited for Jules and Grayson?Courteney Cox: Well, we get engaged the first episode, and then most of the season revolves around how is this going to work. Can they actually live together They’re kind of set in their ways. They both have been married before, so there’s a lot of things they have to go through. Like, in this episode, we’re dealing with the fact that I love having people around, and he doesn’t. And that’s a problem. As you can see. We have a lot of cast members. We’re gonna kick him off the show.Josh: What?Courteney: I know, honey, it’s ok. Josh: You’re telling me like this? Courteney: It’s ok, because you’re going to do a lot of guest [episodes]. Glamour: He’ll be in Kentucky watching basketball games.Josh: Yeah. . . . Glamour: Who has the most bloopers on set?Courteney: He messes up a lot. And that’s not because he has the vast amount of work that I have. That’s because he’s just not professional.Josh: I’m bored. I’m not unprofessional. I’m just bored.Courteney: [laughs] Yeah, he gets really bored. As soon as he starts to read his script, he gets into a few sentences and then is like, ‘oh, I’m bored.’ Yeah, no, but he messes up a lot, and I mess up a ton. Glamour: Who do you think Brian and Ian said have the most bloopers?Josh: Me.Glamour: No.Courteney: Me?Glamour: Yes. Haha.Courteney: I do curse a lot. Glamour: Yep, that’s what they said! Josh: She has the most dialogue, so it makes sense. Glamour: And that is hard.Josh: It's easier for them to say that because they’re not in the room with her right now when you ask the question. Sweet little thing, so beautiful. Never messes up!

Let me first say, this has to be the cutest couple I've ever met. They play off each other so well, and make you feel like you're part of the clan. Guys, I'm free for Thanksgiving. Just putting it out there. Oh, and for the record, Christa has the most gorgeous skin I've ever seen in my life. Whatever she's drinking, I want it.

Glamour: I heard rumors that this was the year that Cougar Town was finally getting a new name, but apparently not. So tell me what’s up with that. Bill Lawrence: Me, Kevin and Courteney decided that this title is our badge of honor. We wanted to change it the second year to The Sunshine State, based on Florida and the fact that it’s Courteney’s disposition, but there was a show on ABC called Mr. Sunshine [ironic how that was Matthew Perry's show], so we couldn’t do it, and now we’re going to keep the worst titled show of all time moniker for as long as we can hold on to it. We’ll keep doing those end of the title things where we keep apologizing. No one’s a cougar on this show. It’s just a bad title. Glamour: Aside from Jules and Grayson getting engaged, what else can you preview this season?Bill: Did you see Dan Byrd's hair last season? I hated his hair. He wouldn’t cut it when Kevin and I asked, so we came up with an idea this year that he would fracture his skull and have to wear a helmut for 7 episodes.Glamour: He wouldn’t cut it when you asked him to?Bill: He was trying to grow it out. He kept saying, ‘I’m trying to do something here!’ I thought it looked like one of those weird mushrooms.Christa Miller: Like a dutch lesbian.Bill: Yeah I thought he looked like a dutch lesbian. So this year, as a punishment—and also cause it’s a good story—his character gets hurt, and is mortified at college that he has to wear a helmet for two months.Christa: He cut his hair now, so now he looks really cute.Bill: Yeah, it looks good now.Glamour: I have to ask you guys, how hard is it—or fun—to work with your spouse?Bill: Do you want me to answer?Christa: Yeah, you can answer.Bill: Ok. The good: I get to see my wife everyday. She’s very sexy and talented and funny. The bad: We share a bungalow [on the lot], but on her side, there’s a Do Not Disturb sign on the door, but it’s only for me, so it’s like, ‘there’s nobody else is in there.’Christa: Courteney and everybody can come in. You’ll hear us all in there. Bill: I can hear people in there chatting and having fun, but I’m not allowed in there because she’s at work. I find that very upsetting. Christa: It’s sexy to watch my husband work, and he’s great at his job in an incredible way, so that works. But then sometimes if I let him in my bungalow too much. . .Bill: I get over excited.Glamour: Cougar Town premieres on Valentine's Day. Since you guys are married, what's the best dating/romance advice you can share? Bill: One of the things we bonded over early is that Valentine’s Day is a fake, made up romance day. It drives her crazy that it’s the day you have to be romantic, and she taught me early on, if you want to score points. . . flowers, chocolates, wine, dinner, on a normal night means twenty times more than a night that you have to.

Busy Philipps (Laurie) and Dan Byrd (Travis)

Busy and I hit it off from the start when we discovered we have mutual friends from Arizona (where she grew up--Scottsdale, and where I went to college--University of Arizona in Tucson). She's such a fun friend, and although I know Michelle Williams and her are BFFs, I'm a super fun friend too. Just saying.

Glamour: Bill was telling me that he loves your haircut now, but he was begging you to cut it last season! [laughs] Busy Philipps: It looks great now.Dan Byrd: So as long as everybody’s happy, I’m happy. Yeah, I thought I was going for a certain look, which I never quite achieved. Busy: Tell her, tell her!Dan: I was thinking like Orlando Bloom, first Pirates [of the Caribbean movie]. You know, just something kind of sexy and mysterious. . . Johnny Depp. I don’t know! I just wanted long hair! I never had legitimately long hair before. . . Busy: And you never will!Dan: . . . yeah, but I thought maybe this was the time.Glamour: Well, I love the haircut now. Looks very, very good!Dan: Yeah, I have to wear a helmut for the first eight episodes. That’s the payback. Along with all the insulting things they said about it last season. It’s really been the gift that keeps on giving in the worst possible way.Glamour: So people are saying that you’re relationship, or whatever you want to call it, is semi-inappropriate. What do you guys think?Dan: It’s very inappropriate.Busy: VERY! Dan: I don’t agree with it. I think it’s inappropriate. That’s what I have to say.Busy: I think because of Laurie's weird backstory, considering what we know about her, I feel like she was stunted somewhere at 18 or 19 years old! [laughs] So I think it would make sense that she would date a guy who is younger. But I guess on the show I play younger than I am in real life. Dan: Right.Busy: I guess on the show I’m only like six years older than you.Dan: Yeah, I think maybe they assume the age difference is more than it is, but they’ve also been aging me up in the show too. Like in the finale, I believe, I turned 21.Busy: Oh really?! That happened? See, you know more than me already!Dan: I’ll be able to finally. . . Busy: . . . partake in the wine.Dan: Pound the grape with the rest of the gang. And then hopefully part of the reason they’re doing that is to make this more realistic on a certain level too.Busy: I must be almost 30.Dan: So you’re like 40 then. 43 in real life? Busy: You’re such a jerk. [laughs]

Photos: Jessica Radloff

Jessica RadloffWest Coast entertainment writer. Always trying to make each interview more fun than the last. Obsessed with the St. Louis Cardinals, Scott Speedman, Sprinkles cupcakes--and apparently the letter S.